foodie

It was Saturday, and we were heading into town to watch a 6pm film at Home, and fancied a light dinner out beforehand. After a bit of a sniff about on Tripadvisor, we decided on the Northern Quarter Restaurant and […]

Last night I headed out to the Con Club to meet my friend Kate for dinner. It was Tuesday night, so a proper meal out felt rather extravagent, but having just got back from my holiday, it seemed like the […]

Sounds exotic doesn’t it? Well as it happens, it was a pretty extraordinairy and colourful night, so it lived up to it’s name. Last night (Friday 15th September), Jamie and I ventured into town to attend this Filipino style food […]

Last night I enjoyed the second meal of my life at a michelin starred restaurant. It was at Fraiche in a gorgeous little village called Oxon, on the Wirral. We had a really lovely night, and the food (well 80% of […]

Last Monday night PLY restaurant invited myself and Jamie and some other Manchester Instagrammers to try out their new menu. We had had a delicious sourdough pizza at PLY earlier in the year so we were more than happy to go […]

I wasn’t convinced that Poynton Horiticultural Show would be for me. It sounded a bit old fashioned and I didn’t really understand what it was. However Dave, our local Riverford Veg Box Franchise owner was going to be there with […]

On Thursday we received the Riverford vegetarian recipe box containing the ingredients for three vegetarian meals for two. I had not anticipated that the box would: a) be so overflowing with vegetables and ingredients b) that I would be quite […]

We signed up to weekly Riverford veg boxes three months ago as part of my bid to be more environmental. We haven’t looked back since. I am now a Riverford evangelist. The produce is delightfully fresh and flavourful and it’s given […]

I know very little about Sale in Manchester, and it certainly wasn’t on my culinary radar. The neighbouring town of Altrincham is absolutely chokka block with great restaurants, but I have to admit, I hadn’t heard of a single restaurant […]

I’ve been hearing rave reviews about the White Hart in Saddleworth for a couple of years now, and have been meaning to for a long time. The fact that they sell excellent food and are located in the beautiful Saddleworth countryside […]